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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD-88 · Houston, TX · August 18, 1995

Date
August 18, 1995 · 17:48 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N975DL
Reported as
Doug MD88
People aboard
91
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total3,953 in this make and model202 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Diverting for thunderstorms. Sudden drop. Passengers and attendants slammed to ceiling. Landed hou. EMS met DC9.

As the FAA filed it

DIVERTING FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SUDDEN DROP. PASSENGERS AND ATTENDANTS SLAMMED TO CEILING. LANDED HOU. EMS MET DC9.